CAREER NOTES: Tied for the all-time program lead with nine career triples.

JUNIOR (2013): Drafted (signed) by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round (401st overall pick) in the 2013 MLB Draft...Academic All-WAC (3x)...Started 55 games and played in 57 games with 51 starts in left field and four as DH...Primarily hit fifth (21 times) and sixth (17 times)...Tied for the team lead and fourth in the WAC with 10 home runs...Hit .252 with 28 RBI and 25 runs...Had a team-high 23 extra-base hits with 10 doubles, 10 homers, and three triples...Led the team with 22 walks, third with a .471 slugging percentage...Had 14 multi-hit games with three 3-hit games...Totaled 10 multi-RBI games with three RBI vs. Dallas Baptist and Texas State...Longest hitting steak of the season was eight games...Had a .973 fielding percentage with 107 putouts, three assists, and three errors. 

SOPHOMORE (2012): First team All-WAC...Academic All-WAC (2x)...Hit .292 with 16 runs, seven doubles, five triples, three home runs and 15 RBIs in 18 conference games en route to first team all-conference ...batted .274 in 197 at-bats overall on the season with 39 runs, 12 doubles, a team-high five triples, four home runs and 26 RBIs...appeared in 53 games, making 47 starts...all 47 starts were in center field...hit leadoff a team-high 32 times...posted a 20-game on-base streak, the second longest on the team, from March 31 to May 6...recorded 24 hits and 14 walks in that 20-game stretch...went a season-best 4-for-5 with a run, two RBIs and two doubles at Utah Valley on March 22...tallied 136 putouts, the most of any non-catcher or first baseman.

FRESHMAN (2011): Academic All-WAC...Hit .237 in 35 games and 31 starts...made 22 starts at designated hitter, seven in left and two in center...tallied three doubles, one triple and two home runs in 97 at-bats...went 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts...best game of the season came on April 2 at Seattle where he went 2-for-5 with two runs and a season-high four RBIs with a double and a home run...posted four multi-hit games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of baseball for head coach Joe Potulny and the Marauders at Jesuit HS of the Delta River League...first team all-Metro and all-Delta River League in 2010...helped Jesuit win Delta River League championships in 2009 and 2010...Jesuit won the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship in 2009 as well...hit .365 with 37 RBIs, 33 runs and six home runs in his senior season...named Jesuit’s 2010 Outstanding Scholar-Athlete.

PERSONAL: Parents are Dan and Tracy Higley...cousin, J.R., is an outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization...majoring in criminology...would like to become a police officer.